WSA sponsors voter registration drive for students

Sept. 13, 2002

KALAMAZOO -- The Western Michigan University Student Association
will mount a drive to bring more students into the political
arena, when it sponsors a voter registration drive that will
bring the Michigan Secretary of State Mobile Branch Office to
the center of the WMU campus from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Sept.
16.

The Mobile Branch Office will set up shop on the Promenade
Plaza between WMU's Lee Honors College and Wood Hall and offer
students a chance to register to vote as well as take care of
such business items as changes to their driver license or purchase
of a license plate.

Throughout the day, the area around the mobile office will
take on a political flair as area political organizations and
candidates take their messages to potential voters. Local candidates
in races for the U.S. House of Representatives, the Michigan
House and Senate and the Kalamazoo County Commission, will spend
time at the site during the day. In addition, a number of organizations
will have information booths nearby. Those groups will include
the College Democrats, the College Republicans, the Green Party,
Students for a Sustainable Earth and the League of Women Voters.
Student radio station WIDR also with be on hand, remotely broadcasting
from the site.

The Secretary of State's mobile office has traveled more than
80,000 miles around the state since its unveiling and offers
all the services found at any other branch office, including
license plate purchases. The WMU specialty license plate, which
carries the Bronco symbol, will be available for purchase during
the office's visit to campus.